Floating offshore renewables

PENS-229 / 4 crédits

Enseignant(s): Vassilopoulos Anastasios, Waldhart Clemens

Langue: Anglais

Withdrawal: It is not allowed to withdraw from this subject after the registration deadline.

Summary

The objective is to allow the students to work within a small group to develop a concept for offshore infrastructure for multifunctinal purposes.

Content

The course will be presented in advance of the Semaine ENAC (ENAC Week) to introduce the topic and set the objectives and the expectations

 

During the ENAC week

Day 1: Lectures from the teaching team

Day 2-4: Individual group meetings and feedback - project work

Day 5: Workshop - project presentations and critics

Keywords

Offshore

Renewables

Floating

Remote islands

Autonomous islands

Climate imigration

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

None

Recommended courses

None

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

  • Argue
  • Assess / Evaluate
  • Elaborate
  • Justify

Transversal skills

  • Plan and carry out activities in a way which makes optimal use of available time and other resources.
  • Set objectives and design an action plan to reach those objectives.
  • Communicate effectively with professionals from other disciplines.
  • Evaluate one's own performance in the team, receive and respond appropriately to feedback.
  • Take account of the social and human dimensions of the engineering profession.
  • Take feedback (critique) and respond in an appropriate manner.
  • Take responsibility for environmental impacts of her/ his actions and decisions.
  • Write a scientific or technical report.

Teaching methods

Few lectures and more interaction - discussion on the projects and ideas

Expected student activities

Work effectively in a team of max 5 people from various sections

Develop technical report and deliver oral presentation

Assessment methods

TEchnical report and oral presentation

Supervision

Office hours No
Assistants No
Forum Yes

Resources

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)

No

Moodle Link

Dans les plans d'études

  • Semestre: Printemps
  • Forme de l'examen: Pendant le semestre (session d'été)
  • Matière examinée: Floating offshore renewables
  • Cours: 4 Heure(s)
  • Exercices: 22 Heure(s)
  • Projet: 22 Heure(s)
  • Type: optionnel

Semaine de référence

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